Wadding and bat



Dec. 18, 1928;

J. GATT] WADDING AND BAT Filed Feb.

NVENTOR A TTORNEY Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

tars srA'r JOSEPH GATTI, on NEW YORK, 1v. ,Y'.,' Assrenon To GATTI SERVICE rivconronn'rnn,

on NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or new JERSEY.

' WADD'ING ,AND new.

Application filed February ting made of the said wadding adapted for use in upholstering, in cushions, as a fillin and for various other purposes such as imings for the various parts automobile bodies. 7

Among the objects of my invention may be noted the following: to provide w; ding which'is light and sanitary and ca able of being compressed into small compass so as to be used forthe linings of coats, for comforters, spreads,coverings of all sorts, for mattresses, etc.-; to provide a wadding which is composed ofwood-pulp and cottonfiber, linters and other fibrous material thoroughly intermixed; to provide a durable and light wadding material adapted ior many uses, and which is odorless, is economical to produce, and which can be readily compressed and will retain its form, when made into bats or batting, without the addi tion of a binder or material calculated to retain the. folded parts in place and the fold ed material in form.

With the above objects in view, and others which will be detailed during the course of this description, my invention consists in the parts, features, elements and combinations thereof hereinafter described and claimed. In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have provided drawings wherein:

Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a strip of wadding illustrating my invention; Figure 2 is an edge elevation of Figure 1, v a part of the wadding being broken away at one end to show the intermixture of the pulp and fiber according to my invention;

Figure?) is a perspective view of a piece of wadding formed into a hat by rolling the same so as to overlap the edges thereof; and I Figure at is a perspective view of a piece of wedding folded to make a bat of predetermined width and thickness and indefinite length.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that myuproduct, whether it be merely 'a sheet of wadding, or wadding folded into such form as to constitute a bat, batting or filling, is composed of wood-pulp and c0tton- 2,1928. Serial No; 251,270.

fiberorlinters or other suitable fibers, interlTllXLtl with the wood-pulp. The quantity of fiber, in proportion to the wood-pulp, may

be varied, and it will be understood that I do not restrict .myself, in manufacturing my product, to any preciseproportion of the fiber relatively to the wood-pulp; The proportions may diifer materially according to the use to which the waddi-ng is to be put. As a general rule, I employ short cotton-fiber, linters, or sugar cane fiber, which will act as a bind-er for the wood-pulp to hold the granules thereof together so as to constitute a substantial fabric. Certain kinds or' grades of fil er may be usedin greater quan-. tity proportionally to the wood-pulp, other kinds or may be used in lesser quantity; but, according to myinveution, a suiiicient quantity of fiber must be used to form i a binder for the wood-pulp mass.

The wadding can be made of indefinite width. and length, and may be made of widths and thicknesses suitable for many different purposes. It will be very wide for quilts, comforters, mattresses, etc.; it will be narrower-for linings for clothing, fillings for pillows, etc., and still narrower for surgical use, such as for broken members of the anatomy, in which instance it may be used in connection with splints, whether of wood or plaster. If used as a hat or batting, it will be rolled into the form shown in Figure 3, and, when so rolled, may be compressed so as to cause the layers of the bat to hold their form, thus avoiding the necessity of using a foreign substance, such as glue or other adhesive, to hold the overlapped portions together. The same is true of the form ofbatshown in Figure 4, Wherein the parts of the wadding are shown as folded so as to have three superposed layers, the layers being. compressed sov as to cause the bat to hold its form.

In Figures 1 and 2, I have shown a strip of my material to be used as a wadding, lining or filling, and the numeral 1 indicates generally such material. In Figure 2, at the point where the material has been broken away to illustrate the composition thereof, the dots 2 are intended to illustrate the gr'an ules of wood-pulp, while the curved lines 3 are intended to illustrate the fibers or linters intermixed with the wood-pulp granules and with each other, so as to'operate as a binder between the fiber and pulp. From this it several superposed layers and the centi will be seen that, when the fiber and pulp are intermixed thoroughly, the granules the pulp foundation will be held intimately by the fibers, and, when the sheet of wadding is compressed for its various purposes, or for the purpose of giving it a desired thickness and solidity, the pulp and fiber will be more intimately related, giving to the sheet of material greater tensile strength,

If it is desired to provide the wedding or sheet material with glazed surfaces, I apply thereto a tnin coat of limpid glucose and subject the material to pressure and heat so as to dry the coating upon the surfaces of the material, this structure being indicated at 4 by the heavy line on the opposite surfaces of thestrip.

When the sheet of wadding of Figure 1 is rolled to make a bat, the contiguous surfaces 5 of the material will trictionally hold, and under pressure, the hat will assume the form shown in Figure 3; or a can be also made by folding the sheet of Figured. i o

o-us surfaces 6 Will be caused to hold h ,7 sure, and the bat'will assume the to Figure 4. The greater the pressure the flat ter the bat or the material; and by pressure the thickness of the material. and of the bat can be gaged and predetermined, according to the uses to which myinvention may be and of the pulp, and the combination, as de- I scribed of the two, Viz, it is light, flutly,- even when considerably compressed sanitary, odorless, pliable, has a high degree of tensile strength, and has great warmth-givqualities when sufficiently compacted as a lining or filling.

My wadding and the bats formed therefrom are especially adapted for linings and fillings for various parts of automobile bodies and other upholstery purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patout is: j v

1 A wadding composed of granular wood pulp intermixed with long cotton fiber,- the latter being in the majority and forming a binder to make a substantial fabric.

2. A wadding composed of granular Wood pulp intermixed with long cotton fiber, the latter being in the majority and forming a binder to make a substantial fabric, and a surface coating of glucose to produce a smooth glazed effect; I r I JOSEPH GATTL 

